“The richest people in the world have gotten poorer, just like the rest of us. This year the world's billionaires have an average net worth of $3 billion, down 23% in 12 months. The world now has 793 billionaires, down from 1,125 a year ago. After slipping in recent years, the U.S. is regaining its dominance as a repository of wealth. Americans account for 44% of the money and 45% of the list's slots, up seven and three percentage points from last year, respectively. Bill Gates lost $18 billion but regained his title as the world's richest man. Warren Buffett, last year's No. 1, saw his fortune decline $25 billion as shares of Berkshire Hathaway fell nearly 50% in 12 months. Mexican telecom titan Carlos Slim Helú maintains his spot in the top three but lost $25 billion…..”

Rich People of India -

There are Total 24 Billionaires in India according to Forbes. Following is a Complete list of all of these Rich people, their age, their rank in world & their Net Worth.

The Following Table shows the List of Richest People of India according to Forbes 2009 -

Rank in India

Name

Age

Rank in World

Net Worth

1

Mukesh Ambani

51

7

$ 19.5 B

2

Lakshmi Mittal

58

8

$ 19.3 B

3

Anil Ambani

49

34

$ 10.1 B

4

Sunil Mittal & Family

51

59

$ 7.7 B

5

Azim Premji

63

83

$ 5.7 B

6

Shashi & Ravi Ruia

65

86

$ 5.6 B

7

Kushal Pal Singh

77

98

$ 5.0 B

8

Kumar Birla

41

124

$ 4.2 B

9

Adi Godrej & Family

66

183

$ 3.3 B

10

Dilip Shanghvi

53

205

$ 3.0 B

11

Savitri Jindal

59

234

$ 2.7 B

12

Malvinder & Shivinder Singh

33

246

$ 2.6 B

13

G M Rao

58

318

$ 2.1 B

14

Micky Jagtiani

57

334

$ 2.0 B

15

Gautam Adani

46

397

$ 1.8 B

16

Indu Jain

72

397

$ 1.8 B

17

Shiv Nadar

63

430

$ 1.7 B

18

Cyrus Poonawalla

67

468

$ 1.5 B

19

Anil Agarwal

55

468

$ 1.5 B

20

Uday Kotak

50

601

$ 1.2 B

21

Kalanithi Maran

43

601

$ 1.2 B

22

Chandru Raheja

68

601

$ 1.2 B

23

Subhash Chandra

58

647

$ 1.1 B

24

Anurag Dikshit

37

701

$ 1.0 B

So the above is the Full List of Richest people of India. All of them are Business-Tycoons having publically listed Companies. And their own stake in their own Companies is worth of Billions.